Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on November 11, 2012

Every day actors and other artists arrive in Los Angeles, lured by the prospect of employment in film and television. And every day, it seems, another of these folks discovers one of Southern Californias best-kept secrets: its thriving year-round theater scene, which by our count regularly mounts more annual productions than New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco combined. It remains a strong and growing community, even with the countrys economic downturn. Southern California theater has become a bona fide local industry, with increasing audiences and numbers of union contracts.

We at Back Stage have been doing our small part to support that industry with this annual theater guide, an indispensable listing of theaters, companies, and production services for theater professionals: playwrights, composers, directors, designers, and actors.

We hope you find this years edition useful. If you notice that anything in these listings is missing or incorrect, please email pete.keeley@backstage.com so we can get it right next time. Keep us posted about moves, closures, hires, firesand, of course, your opening nights.

Well see you at the theater.

Listings compiled by Michael Coughlin and Pete Keeley

DEFINITIONS:Membership: Theater maintains an active company or ensemble of actors and generally casts productions from that pool. Open: Each show is cast on an open basis. Limited: Theater casts on an open policy under limited or special circumstances, usually when a part cannot be cast from existing company members.

KEY TO SYMBOLS & ABBREVIATIONS: R: Theater is available for rent. R-VA: Rental with variable availability. H&R: Headshots and rsums accepted. M :Accepts manuscripts. Include self-addressed, stamped envelope. W: Workshops or classes offered. D: Charges dues.

NOTE The following sets of listings comprise theater venues and producing companies. Often these are one and the same and are listed as such. Affiliated companies whose names differ from that of their theaters are listed in parentheses. Producing companies not exclusively associated with any particular venue are included in the Independent Theater Companies listing on page 28. MORE THAN 499 SEATS

AHMANSON THEATRE 135 N. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Mail: 601 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-972-7478 (rentals) 213-972-7235 (casting hotline) http://www.centertheatregroup.org H&R, M, Limited (Equity). Seating: 1,600-2,000

ALEX THEATRE 216 N. Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91203-2610 818-243-2611 (admin office) 818-243-7700 (theater) http://www.alextheatre.org email: info@glendalearts.org, rental@alextheatre.org R-VA. Seating: 1,431. Music pit, complete lighting and sound equipment inventory. Contact: Maria Sahakian, marketing and events manager

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2012 Southern California Theater Listings

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